- Let the bagpiping begin! Rowdy Roddy Piper's tour through Quebec and Ontario is from Nov. 13-17, promoting an initiative between WWE and VIA Rail where fans will be able to ride the rails to Wrestlemania next year in Detroit. Piper hops on a VIA train Nov. 13, at 1:10 p.m., in Quebec City. He arrives in Montreal at 4:06 p.m., then departs on Nov. 14 at 3:05p.m. He arrives in Ottawa at 5:05 p.m. and will do a signing session at the St. Laurent Toys R Us from 7-9 p.m. He leaves Ottawa on Nov. 15, at 12:30 p.m., with a brief stopover in Kingston at 2:32 p.m. Piper arrives in Oshawa at 4:17 p.m. He will be signing autographs at Toronto's Sunrise Records (Yonge and Dundas), from 6-8 p.m. on Nov. 16. He hops on the VIA train out of Toronto on Nov. 17, at 7:50 a.m., arriving in London at 9:52 a.m. There will be an autograph session at Wal-Mart, 1105 Wellington Rd. S., from noon to 2 p.m. He will be leaving for Windsor at 6:07 p.m., arriving at 7:59 p.m.

- The Fight Network, a smorgasbord of mixed martial arts, boxing and wrestling, is now available on Bell ExpressVu, channel 390.

- For those tuning into Memphis Wrestling on The Fight Network, Bill Dundee is either wearing a really bad rug ... or he's got a really bad hairstylist.

- Mecca Pro Wrestling presents Redemption on Nov. 11 at Cornwall's Murphy's Inn Pub and Grill. Bell time is 7:30 p.m. Among the stars on hand are Pierre "The Beast" Vachon and Damien "The Pitbull" Vachon, sons of legendary Paul "The Butcher" Vachon.

- Universal Wrestling Alliance returns Nov. 18, at 8 p.m., at the Royal Legion in Gatineau. The main event is UWA heavyweight champ SiNN vs. former WWE star PCO.

EDITOR'S NOTE: SLAM! Wrestling's Amy Lawson talked with Maria Kanellis as well, and we'll have that story -- includling her aspirations as a wrestler -- next week.